"What have you heard about those boys, Mr. Eager?"
"I think I may say everything."
"Egad! Then you know more than I do. You have wasted no time. Who told you the story?"
"Perhaps you will not press that question, Sir Denzil. Having got interested in the boys I naturally desired to learn what I could about them. It was from no idle curiosity, I assure you."
"So you went to Dr. Yool, I suppose. I felt sure he would be at the root of the matter."
"I assure you he is not. The root of the matter is simply my desire for those boys. I would like to try my hand at making men of them."
"Very welt. You shall try--on this condition. As you are aware, one of them comes of high stock on both sides, the other of low stock on one side. The signs may crop out, must crop out in time. You will have opportunities, such as I have not, of observing them. What I ask of you is to bring all your intelligence and acumen to bear on the solution of my problem--which is which?"
"I understand, and I will willingly do my best. But you must remember, Sir Denzil, that there is no infallibility in such indications. The crossing of blue blood with red sometimes produces a richer strain than the blending of two thin blues."
"That is so. Still I hope there may be indications we cannot mistake, and then I shall know what to do. It is, as you can understand, a matter that has caused me no little concern."
"Naturally. By God's help we will make men of both of them. The rest we must trust to Providence."